Originally Posted by Beckee
5) I'm a profoundly gifted kid who grew up poor in Appalachia, whose parents had not graduated from college when I left (my mom graduated at the age of 53), and went to graduate school for six years before becoming a teacher in a Title I public middle-school. Your mileage may vary.

I'm talking about downward mobility (worse off than parents).

Transitioning from poor to a teacher is upward mobility.